Tyon Grant-Foster, Gonzaga 'Still Just Kind of Waiting Around' for NCAA Waiver

Coach Mark Few echoed Grant-Foster's statement while taking in a Summer League bout between the New York Knicks and Boston Celtics and former Zag forwards Anton Watson and Ben Gregg.

“We’re still just waiting on the waiver,” Few said. “It’s still through the NCAA process, so we’re still just kind of waiting around for it.”

Grant-Foster began playing college basketball back in 2018-19 at Indian Hills Community College, spending two years at the junior college before transferring to Kansas in 2020-21 where he played 22 games.

After that the 6'7 wing spent two seasons at DePaul but only played in one game after collapsing at halftime in the season opener, and again a few months later which cost him the 2022-23 season.

From there Grant-Foster made a triumphant return at Grand Canyon, averaging 20.1 points and earning WAC Player of the Year in 2023-24 and following that up with an up-and-down season in 2024-25. All told, the Kansas City native has played 83 Division 1 games, and with his time at Kansas lining up with the COVID season - and a recent rule change allowing student-athletes who started at a junior college an extra year of eligibility - it's hard to imagine the NCAA won't grant him one more year.

While the waiting is no doubt unfortunate for both Gonzaga and Grant-Foster - who is missing out on practices and team bonding activities - the high scoring wing is keeping an upbeat attitude while working relentlessly on improving his game so he will be ready to go if and when his waiver is approved.

Grant-Foster is one of five newcomers on Mark Few's roster, joined by Arizona State transfer Adam Miller and a trio of incoming freshmen: Spanish guard Mario Saint-Supery, 6'7 four-star wing Davis Fogle, and three-star big man Parker Jefferson.